A POLE'S WONDERFUL INVENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 120, 23 May 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)

A POLE'S WONDERFUL INVENTION.

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SILKEN ARMOUR TO RESIST

BULLET AND DAGGER

Lan, Szczcpanik, the now famous Polish inventor, formerly a poor schoolmaster iv Galicia, has added by the new dagger and bullet proof vest, one more to his many inventions. The idea is not a new one, but the texture of the vest is. Dowe, the German, eight years ago used .the finest steel plate ; Szczepanik (pronounced Schepanik ) employs yellow undyed silk ! It is almost incredible that sufficient resistance can be obtained by such -a method, but several of the youthful Pole's other inventions particularly his photographic and electric picture weaving machine, border on the miraculous.

It is stated that a blow from a dagger or a sharp pointed file — it was the latter class of weapon Luccheni used against the ill-fated Empress Elizabeth of Austria—is repelled harm lessly.

The same may be said of a bullet fired at five paces from a .302 calibre revolver.

A dagger stab leaves no trace on the silk. The bullet creates a circle of light grey marks and is flattened.

This protective vest whose " elastic and cohesive manufacture,' is so effective, is of the thickness in front of ordinary greatcoat cloth; It weighs 31b. avoirdupois.

A number of " distinguished persons," it is significant to read, have purchased specimens of this protective vest, which in recent experiments has realized all expectations. One important merit the new vest possess* es is its comparative lightness i